- Beginning Microsoft Power BI (978-1-4842-5619-0) - Einband - flex.(Paperback)
“The goal of this book is to expose readers to the various tools in Microsoft’s self-service BI stack, built over Excel 2016, comprising Power Pivot, Power BI Desktop, Power Query, and DAX to enable them to analyze and gain insight into their data. … The book is easy to read and use because of its lucid style. It should interest Excel users looking to enhance their data analysis skills.” (Computing Reviews, August, 2017)
Beginning Power BI
A Practical Guide to Self-Service Data Analytics with Excel 2016 and Power BI Desktop
von Dan ClarkAnalyze your company’s data quickly and easily using Microsoft’s latest tools. You will learn to build scalable and robust data models to work from, clean and combine different data sources effectively, and create compelling visualizations and share them with your colleagues.
Author Dan Clark takes you through each topic using step-by-step activities and plenty of screen shots to help familiarize you with the tools. This second edition includes new material on advanced uses of Power Query, along with the latest user guidance on the evolving Power BI platform. Beginning Power BI is your hands-on guide to quick, reliable, and valuable data insight.
What You'll Learn
- Simplify data discovery, association, and cleansing
- Build solid analytical data models
- Create robust interactive data presentations
- Combine analytical and geographic data in map-based visualizations
- Publish and share dashboards and reports
Who This Book Is For
Business analysts, database administrators, developers, and other professionals looking to better understand and communicate with data
